Chapter 15

WHAT SHOULD GUESTS TALK ABOUT AT DINNER?

_Guests' Talk During the Quarter of an Hour before Dinner--What Guests May Talk About--Talking to One's Dinner-Companion--Guests' Duty to Host and Hostess--The Dominant Note in Table-Talk--General and_ Tete-a-Tete _Conversation between Guests--The Raconteur at Dinner._